Fire & Spice
Candy Review
GOOD & FIERY
I've seen this particular candy off and on for a couple of years now. I honestly can't tell you if this is a limited edition, a seasonal edition, or if Hershey just has some unusual distribution glitches with this particular product.
Good & Fiery is another variation on the Good & Plenty theme. And while I avoid Good & Plenty like the plague (I've said it before; I can't stand licorice), I was intrigued when I saw the Good & Fiery box. Once I determined that there was no licorice involved, I eagerly snatched up a box. (And several more after that, once I had sampled that initial box.)
The package describes Good & Fiery as "sweet and spicy chewy candy." There are four different flavors in each box: lemon, orange, apple, and cinnamon. Well, that isn't entirely accurate. The first three are combinations of the respective fruit flavors and cinnamon. The fourth, of course, is just straight cinnamon.
The lemon/cinnamon combination is perhaps the one that strikes my tastebuds as being the strangest. I'm not quite sure how to describe the taste. Perhaps the closest I can come is that it tastes like a hot lemonade that has had a cinnamon stick steeping in it.
I think that maybe the orange/cinnamon candy is my favorite of the quartet. When I was a boy (many, many centuries ago), my mother was given a recipe for a hot spiced tea mix. I don't remember what spices were in it, but I do remember that the two main ingredients were instant tea and Tang. (I'm sure she still has the recipe, but I may have to ask her to email me a copy.) The orange Good & Fiery candy reminds me of that spiced tea.
At initial glance, it's a little tricky determining which is the apple and which is the cinnamon. Both are shades of red, with the apple/cinnamon candy being the lighter of the two. The apple Good & Fiery candy tastes like a mug of hot apple cider -- in a slightly chewier form, of course.
And finally, we have the cinnamon Good & Fiery candy -- or if I really want to get silly, the cinnamon/cinnamon combination. This cinnamon candy is pleasantly spicy, but not overwhelmingly so. It has a cinnamon kick, but nothing so potent as, say, Red Hots.
One thing I have noticed with all four flavors of Good & Fiery is that they leave something of an aftertaste on the tongue. It isn't cinnamon, but it isn't any of the other flavors, either. I'm not sure how to describe it, which I find a little frustrating.
As I said at the outset, I'm not completely certain if Good & Fiery is a regular part of the Hershey product line or not. I first saw it on the shelves during the fall a couple of years ago (right around Halloween, as a matter of fact), and I'm fairly certain I've seen on sale each fall since. I've also seen it on sale during the rest of the year, but the sightings are somewhat erratic.
-jc-
GOOD & FIERY
I've seen this particular candy off and on for a couple of years now. I honestly can't tell you if this is a limited edition, a seasonal edition, or if Hershey just has some unusual distribution glitches with this particular product.
Good & Fiery is another variation on the Good & Plenty theme. And while I avoid Good & Plenty like the plague (I've said it before; I can't stand licorice), I was intrigued when I saw the Good & Fiery box. Once I determined that there was no licorice involved, I eagerly snatched up a box. (And several more after that, once I had sampled that initial box.)
The package describes Good & Fiery as "sweet and spicy chewy candy." There are four different flavors in each box: lemon, orange, apple, and cinnamon. Well, that isn't entirely accurate. The first three are combinations of the respective fruit flavors and cinnamon. The fourth, of course, is just straight cinnamon.
The lemon/cinnamon combination is perhaps the one that strikes my tastebuds as being the strangest. I'm not quite sure how to describe the taste. Perhaps the closest I can come is that it tastes like a hot lemonade that has had a cinnamon stick steeping in it.
I think that maybe the orange/cinnamon candy is my favorite of the quartet. When I was a boy (many, many centuries ago), my mother was given a recipe for a hot spiced tea mix. I don't remember what spices were in it, but I do remember that the two main ingredients were instant tea and Tang. (I'm sure she still has the recipe, but I may have to ask her to email me a copy.) The orange Good & Fiery candy reminds me of that spiced tea.
At initial glance, it's a little tricky determining which is the apple and which is the cinnamon. Both are shades of red, with the apple/cinnamon candy being the lighter of the two. The apple Good & Fiery candy tastes like a mug of hot apple cider -- in a slightly chewier form, of course.
And finally, we have the cinnamon Good & Fiery candy -- or if I really want to get silly, the cinnamon/cinnamon combination. This cinnamon candy is pleasantly spicy, but not overwhelmingly so. It has a cinnamon kick, but nothing so potent as, say, Red Hots.
One thing I have noticed with all four flavors of Good & Fiery is that they leave something of an aftertaste on the tongue. It isn't cinnamon, but it isn't any of the other flavors, either. I'm not sure how to describe it, which I find a little frustrating.
As I said at the outset, I'm not completely certain if Good & Fiery is a regular part of the Hershey product line or not. I first saw it on the shelves during the fall a couple of years ago (right around Halloween, as a matter of fact), and I'm fairly certain I've seen on sale each fall since. I've also seen it on sale during the rest of the year, but the sightings are somewhat erratic.
-jc-